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IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 101 2020 亞博匯50強 ANDREW MACDONALD CORPORATE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CASINO OFFICER Las Vegas Sands 集團高級副總裁及首席賭場營運官 拉斯維加斯金沙集團 39 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 721 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : Nil 無 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 Oversees the economic engine of Marina Bay Sands, usually the most profitable integrated resort on the planet Began gaming career as a dealer in Tasmania, served as a regulator in Queensland Returned to gaming after a stint as a top executive at Macquarie Capital, Australia’s leading investment bank • • • • • • 負責幾乎是全球最賺錢的綜合度假村濱海灣金沙的經濟引擎即博彩 在澳洲塔斯馬尼亞州以荷官一職開始了其博彩從業生涯，後曾在昆士蘭州入職監管機 構 在澳洲領先的投資銀行Macquarie Capital擔任高管一段時間後，重返博彩行業。 MANAGEMENT CHANGES AT MARINA BAY SANDS early this year gave Andrew MacDonald day-to-day responsibility for gaming at Singapore’s iconic integrated resort. In fact, that’s been MacDonald’s role since joining MBS as its Executive Vice President of Casino in January 2010, three months before the IR took its first bet. Last year, MacDonald’s gaming tables and machines produced US$2.7 billion in GGR, the main component of US$1.7 billion in EBITDA on a juicy 53.6% margin. MBS leverages its downtown Singapore location to have a healthy lead in the domestic gaming market over crosstown rival Resorts World Sentosa. Working without junket promoters, it’s also made progress in the Southeast Asian market, lessening its dependence on gamblers from China. Starting as a dealer on Australia’s first legal gaming tables at Wrest Point Casino in Hobart, Tasmania, MacDonald moved up the ladder, eventually becoming a regulator in Queensland. He also logged stints at Genting, Crown and Jupiters Gold Coast (now The Star Gold Coast), before leaving gaming for investment banking as Managing Director and Co-Global head of Macquarie Capital. LVS tapped MacDonald for his corporate role, operating from Singapore, in 2012. His global duties include casino performance analysis and strategic recommendations for each LVS property. Industry insiders say MacDonald has one of the sharpest mathematical minds in the gaming business. 今年年初， 新加坡地標性綜合度假村濱海灣金沙的管理層發生變動，由An- drew MacDonald來負責博彩的日常營運。事實上自MacDonald在2010年1 月——即賭場開始運行的三個月之前——加入濱海灣金沙並擔任賭場營運副 總裁以來，這就是他一直所擔任的職責。 去年，MacDonald負責的賭枱和角子機為公司帶來了27億美元的博彩 總收入，貢獻了17億美元EBITDA的大部分，利潤率高達53.6％。濱海灣金沙憑 藉其位於新加坡市中心的地理優勢，在國內博彩市場上遠超同城的競爭對手 聖淘沙名勝世界。在沒有使用博彩中介人的情況下，濱海灣金沙在東南亞市場 上也所獲不凡，減少了對於中國賭客的依賴。 MacDonald最初在澳洲塔斯馬尼亞州的Wrest Point賭場做荷官，後一 路高升，最終成為昆士蘭州的一名監管人員。他還曾在雲頂、皇冠及Jupiters Gold Coast（現時的Star Gold Coast）就職，之後離開博彩業進入投資銀行，擔 任Macquarie Capital的董事總經理及聯席全球主管。 2012年，拉斯維加斯金沙集團聘請MacDonald擔任企業管理人員，在新 加坡做運營。MacDonald的全球職責包括為拉斯維加斯金沙集團的每一處物 業分析賭場業績並提供戰略建議。有業內人士稱，MacDonald是博彩行業數 學頭腦最為敏銳的人士之一。